Just a few quick notes to keep everyone up to speed

Just a few quick notes to keep everyone up to speed. Niger is currently still very tight with only about 1/6th the usual shipments from overseas arriving at U.S. docks. Keep selling the Niger & Hearts Finch Mix to stretch the Niger Seed. The finches do enjoy the mix very much.

The past week or two has seen a hike in sunflower prices. The USDA report on March 31 showed Sunflower stocks are down 14% compared to last year. That doesn’t bode well, because that counts the poor, September frost-bitten Sunflower of North Dakota and northern Minnesota. So we are paying a pretty penny for the good, heavy seeds we normally carry. The trend will continue upward this summer, until new crop harvest in October.